Kotalik stands out by making a pronounced difference

'"Every player brings something different to the table, and he brings a lot of different things," said Sabres center Curtis Brown. "He's big. He's strong. He can play offense, which a lot of people talk about, but also he's no slouch defensively. He works hard, he hits, all those things. I'd just say that the well-roundedness of him is one of the better things."'